Cilento

Wines from a vast area that extends to several municipalities in the province of Salerno can boast the appellation Cilento DOC. The name derives from the Latin cis Alentum, that is "on this side of the Alento", which indicated one of the boundaries that delimited the historic Cilento territory, much less extensive than the current one. The first vines grown in the area dated back to ancient Greece, imported from the Peloponnese coasts. The wines with the Cilento DOC appellation can be both red and rosé, made from Aglianico, Piedirosso and/or Primitivo grapes and only the rosé from Sangiovese, but also white, produced from Fiano, Trebbiano Toscano, Greco and Malvasia grapes. Only the names of the Aglianico and Fiano grapes can be reported on the label, as long as they are present for at least 85% of the total.